Game device



July 16, 1940. G, E, VON BERG v 2,208,351

GAME DEVICE Filed Jan. 8, 1940 INVENTOR. N B E R G GEORGE E. Vo

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 16, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 GAME DEVICE GeorgeE. Yon Berg, New York,l N. Y. Application January 8, 41940, Serial No.312,903

4 Claims.

My invention relates to game devices and has particular reference tochance game devices employing symbols, such as are usually provided onVdice cubes, etc.

My invention has forits object to provide a device which can be manuallyoperated for in rotation when the spring mechanism is manually moved.The engagement between the spring mechanism and the wheels is of suchnature that the wheels are given rotation when the spring device ismoved in one direction and continue to rotate freely as long as thespring device is depressed, being stopped when the spring device isreleased, at which time apositioning feature comes into actionforstopping the wheels with 'the symbols exactlyregistering with thecorresponding Windows in the casing, through which the symbols may beobserved.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be evident from aperusal of the accompanying specication and drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of my device with the cover removed;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an outside front view of my device;

Fig. 4 is a top view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a front plan view of a modied device partly in section;

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a rotary disc showing its under side; and

Fig. 7 is a detail View of a handle.

My game device consists of a casing having a base portion I and a coverportion 2. It may be made of any suitable material such as metal, glass,molded compound, etc. The two casing portions are joined together as bybosses 3 iitted tightly in holes 3'. The casing base I has projections 4with holes or bearings for shafts 5, the other ends of the shaftsabutting the inner side of the cover 2. Discs 6 are provided withcentral bushings 1 rotatively mounted on the shafts 5. The discs arefurther provided with teeth 8, which are engaged by suitably formedprojecting portions or loops 9 of a spring I0. The spring may be formedof a single piece of V'vvire with a bridge II on top having a U-shapedloop I2 imbedded in a handle I3. The latter, as shown in Fig. '7, may bemade of two flat `pieceswith grooves I4 for the wire loop I2, the piecesbeing joinedtogether in any suitable manner, as by use of a suitablecement, screws, etc. The spring I has curved legs I5 slidably tted ingrooves I6 formed at the joint of the casing base I with the cover 2.The legs I urge the spring upward, pressing the bridge II against theinner sideof the casing Wall as shown in Fig. 1, with the handle I3extending through a corresponding slot between the casing base and thecover.

In this position of the spring, the loops Y9 are forced into spacesbetween consecutive teeth 8, thereby preventing rotation of the discs.lThe discs are provided with symbols I6, preferably in the form of dicemarkings as indicated by dots or perforations, each symbol comprisingfrom one to six perforations, as shown, the symbols being equally spacedon the discs.

The number of teeth 8 corresponds to the number of the symbols I6, eachsymbol being located centrally between the two consecutive teeth. Thecover haswindows I'I, one for each wheel, so positioned that when thediscs are held by the spring I0, one symbol on each wheel is positionedexactly opposite the window, as shown in Fig. 3.

The spring I0 canbe depressed downward by applying pressure to thehandle I3 against the resilient resistance of the legs I5, therebycausing the discs to spin on the shafts 5. The loops 9, when the springis fully depressed, leave entirely the teeth 8, permitting free rotationof the discs while the spring is so depressed. Upon release of thespring it returns by its resiliency to the original position shown inFig. l, with the loops 9 engaging each a pair of the teeth 8, thereby sopositioning the discs that one of the symbols registers with thecorresponding Window I'I.

A modied device is shown in Fig. 5, its casing I8 having a plurality ofpairs of wheels 6 mounted forrotation in thesame manneras described inconnection with Fig. 1. Each pair of discs is engaged by the loops 9 onsprings ISI7 the latter having inverted U-shaped loops engaged by hooksor clips 2| attached to an operating bar 22. The bar extends to theupper end of the casing and has a handle 23, the lower end 24 having aretrieving spring 25. The cover 26 of the casing has windows II for eachpair of discs.

The windows may be closed by the covers 21 sliding between guides 28.Additional windows 29 may be provided in the casing opposite the frontwindows l1 for admitting light through the .perforations which formsymbols I6. The light It is understood that my game device may beyfurther modified without departing from the. spirit of the invention asset forth in the ap-vr pended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. .A gaine device comprising a casing, a pair of discs rotativelysupported in the casing in the same plane at a distance from each otherand, v.

provided with game symbols on their front sides, the casing having oneopening for each disc for observing the symbols, each opening beingadapted to expose one symbol, teeth on the sides of the discs, a membermovably supported in the casing between the discs comprising two legsextending alongside each disc joined together at the top, a handleextending from the joint between the legs to the outside of the casing,resilient extensions on the lower end of the legs restingv againsttheinner wall of the casing and urging the member upwardso as to exposethe handle, projections at-thefsidessof the legs adapted to engage theteeth for holding the discs stationary when the member is rin itsneutral position with the handle extending outward and onesymbol'exposed in each opening, the projections being adapted to causerotation of the discs when the member is moved by depressing the handle,the teeth being'disengaged from the projections at theA end of thedownward movement of the member, thereby permitting free rotation of thediscs, the projections being adapted to reengage the teeth when themember is released and returned into the neutral position by theresilient extensions.

2. A game device comprising a casing having a base and cover portionsjoined together, a pair of discs rotatively supported in the casing inthe same plane at a distance from each other and provided with aplurality of game symbols equally spaced from each other, the coverportionV having one opening for each wheel, each opening being adaptedto register with one of the symbols, teeth on the discs, a springmovably supported in the casing between the two wheels, the

spring having portions adapted to engage the` teeth on the discs forretaining the vdiscs stationary, a handle on the spring extendingoutside of the casing, extensions on the springengaging the casinginside and resiliently urging the handle outward,v the spring, whenbeing depressed by the f handlabeing adapted during the rst portion ofthis movement to spin the discs,'and to become disengaged from the discsat the endof its movement, thereby allowing free rotation of the discs,

the spring, when released, being adapted to reengage the teeth of thediscs by its projecting portions, thereby stopping the discs.

3. A game device comprising a casing, a pair of discs rotativelysupported in the casing in the same plane at a distance from each otherand provided with'game symbols on their front sides, the casing havingone opening for each disc for observing the symbols, each opening beingadapted to expose one symbol,k teeth on the sides ofthe discs,amembermovably supported in the casing between the discs formedof a pieceof resilient Wire bent at the middle so as to form two legs extending atthe sides of the discs, a handle on the wire extending from its middleportion to the outside of the casing, the ends of the legs being curvedoutward, resting against the inner side of the casing so as to urge thelegs upward jwith the handle fully extending outside the casing, thelegs being provided with loops in the form of tapering projectionsadapted to engage the teeth,thereby retaining the discs stationary` withone symbol showing. in each opening, the projections being adapted tocausev rotation of the discs when the handle is depressed and beingfurther adapted to release the teeth at the end of the. movement of thehandle, thereby permityting free spinning of the discs, the projectionsbeing adapted to re-engage the teeth when the handle is released and thelegs with the projections are returned into the upward neutralpositionby the resilient leg extensions.

4. A game device comprising a casing, a pair ot discs rotativelysupported in the casing in the same plane at a distance from each otherand provided with game symbols on their front sides,

the casing having one ropening for each disc for observing the symbols,each opening being adapted to expose one symbol, teeth on the sides ofthe discs, a member movably supported in the casing between the discs, ahandle on the member extending vto the outside of the casing, springs atthe sides of the member having curved portions adapted tovengage theteeth and adapted to hold the discs stationary when the member is in theneutral position with one of the symbols fully exposed in each opening,the springs being adapted to resiliently move toward each other whenpassing over the teeth and being adapted to hold the discs stationarywhen the member isI in its neutral position with the handle extendingoutward and withpthe projections engaging the teeth, exposing one symbolin each opening, the projections being adapted to cause rotation of thediscs when the member is moved by depressing the handle, the teeth beingadapted to be released at the end of lthe movement of the mem-

